LOVE Island’s Megan Forte Clarke has revealed she and boyfriend Conor Phillips will move into their first home together in the next two weeks.
Devoted Conor is swapping Dublin for London
, while Megan is travelling up from Brighton having already moved from her native Ireland before taking part in the ITV dating show.
The couple are relishing having their own space, which has been over two moths in the making, and significantly cutting down on their air miles.
“Me and Conor are moving out in the next two weeks or so,” said Megan in an exclusive interview.
“It’s just a matter of moving in now, which is exciting. But obviously Conor’s coming from Ireland, so he’s got to bring all his stuff over. And I’m going to come from Brighton, so it’s not far, but when we get in, it’ll be all worth it.”
Revealing what the vibe will be like inside the new pad, Megan said it’ll be part relaxing sanctuary away from the showbiz red carpets, but also a social hub from time to time.
“I think we like a bit of a mixture, the two of us,” she said. “I definitely think we’ll have it cosy, because we do like to sit and chill and watch
“But I do think we will have a few, at least, house-warming parties.”
She’s in no doubt it’ll benefit their relationship, which has flourished in the three months since the series came to an end.
Megan explained: “I actually think this will be better for us, living together all the time, because we’re travelling all the time now.
“We basically are living out of each other’s pockets, but when he comes to Brighton, he’s living in my little box room here. And then if I go back to Dublin, I’m living in his boys’ house. So, I think this is just going to be the perfect harmony of both.
“I think it’ll actually do us very good.”
Rugby ace Conor is used to travelling and has always had a soft spot for the buzz of the English capital.
Megan said: “To be fair, he’s always said, before even going to the villa, he wanted to move out of Ireland.
“Whenever we’re in London, he’s like, ‘I love it here’. So, I think it’ll be grand. And, to be fair, he’s basically lived in England, more or less, since the show ended, because he’s always here.”
The big move comes hot on the heels of a romantic break to Disneyland Paris for Conor’s birthday.
The pair well and truly embraced the famous Disney magic, sharing their holiday on social media.
“We had a ball,” she said. “I’ve not really been since I was a kid, so it was nice to go as an adult, and then you could experience drinking alcohol and getting on a ride as well. So that put a little cherry on top.”
Unlike some of their co-stars, Megan and Conor became boyfriend and girlfriend when the villa hunk popped the question on a beach.
It was a departure from the over-the-top, copycat declarations of love others have made, often filling a hotel room with balloons and flower petals.
“I think we’re both quite chillaxed in that sense,” said Megan.
“Like, I always said, I didn’t want the big hotel proposal, like, ‘will you be my girlfriend?’ That’s just not me.
“I way preferred the low-key kind of moment that we had.”
Their newfound fame has taken some getting used to, and the couple find it amusing when fans sometimes put 2+2 together to get 5 when analysing their relationship.
“Sometimes when we don’t post everything, people are like, ‘well, where’s this?’ And I’m like, ‘oh, yeah, we probably should have put that up, actually’,” said Megan.
“I think we’re still adjusting to it as much as people are adjusting to us.
“We get a lot of comments, especially when he’s back in Ireland, being like, ‘are you still together? Have you broken up?’ I’m like, ‘no, no, we’re just in Ireland. I’ll see him in, like, five days’.”
But Megan wouldn’t trade what they now have for her pre-fame life, instead she says she’s living a young girl’s dream.
“I think it’s more mad than I thought it would be,” she said. “I very much went into the villa with thoughts of you never know if you’re going to be the first out or if you’re going to be out earlier. You can’t expect anything from the show, really.”
Megan was gifted a second shot of love with Conor when she returned to the villa with fellow original star Blu Chegini weeks after being eliminated.
It’s something she’s very thankful for, and paved the way for her reunion with Conor and adventures they’ve had since.
“To even go back in, first of all, I was like, ‘what the hell?’ ” she said. “And then to be coming out and people recognising you and stuff, and they’re asking ‘how did you get on in
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“It’s so surreal because it’s everything you dream of as a little girl, do you know what I mean? If I told my eight-year-old self I was doing this, she’d be like, ‘what?’”
Highlighting a fairytale night at the National Television Awards at London’s O2 Arena, which began on the red carpet in front of the nation’s media, Megan said: “Like, the NTAs was crazy because Kat Slater [Jessie Wallace] was beside me on the carpet, do you know what I mean? I was like, ‘what’s going on?’ So stuff like that we were having a ball at together.”
he Real Housewives of Potomac Season 10’s drama is already in full bloom, and the ladies are ready to spill even more tea on The Real Housewives of Potomac After Show, which kicks off after Episode 7 on Sunday, Nov. 16.
From then on, viewers can look forward to the cast — Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Tia Glover, Angel Massie, Wendy Osefo, Stacey Rusch, and Keiarna Stewart, along with friends Jassi Rideaux and Monique Samuels — breaking down each episode’s most explosive and unforgettable moments.
In the RHOP After Show trailer, which you can watch at the top of this post, Monique makes her long-awaited return to announce that her personal style may be the only thing that’s remained the same since we last saw her on our TV screens.
“Everything’s different about Monique!” she declares, before adding. “I’m not gonna be speaking in third person. I hated it when Gizelle used to do that all the time, and I just did that s–t.”
Monique, along with her castmates, also break down their After Show looks and fashion inspirations in the first look. She begins with her hair, which she did herself.
“I’ve been binge-watching my favorite show, Game of Thrones. This is kind of Game of Thrones-inspired,” Monique adds. “Just a little African warrior vibe, as I always tend to do.”
Meanwhile, her After Show partner, Ashley, who paired Schiaparelli earrings with her Balmain dress, says she’s currently in her “high fashion era” — and fans have apparently noticed.
“So, it’s funny, online, someone said, ‘Oh, I see Ashley’s settlement check cleared,’ she jokes, referencing her divorce from Michael Darby. “That’s what they said, commenting on my fashion. So, I see y’all, OK?”
Elsewhere, Tia, who is also clad in Balmain, notes that she didn’t have a specific inspo in mind, while Gizelle reveals that she pulled her own olive number out of her closet.
“It had not gotten any attention,” Gizelle says. “And I’m happy that the background kind of matches.”
Jassi, for her part, is still in her “bridal era,” on the heels of her June 2025 wedding to NFL linebacker Darius Harris, and jokes that she’ll probably stick to wearing white for the next five years to “just really get settled in there.” Either way, she playfully applauds herself for doing an “impeccable job” pulling together her RHOP fits.
In a separate After Show setup, Stacey and Wendy can’t seem to find enough compliments each other’s style. While Stacey gushes that Wendy is “looking like a goddess from the Garden of Eden,” the latter returns the love by saying, “You look like a supermodel.”
Breaking down her metallic-themed fashion moment first, Wendy — in a Retrofête goddess dress, Cult Gaia earrings, and Alexis Bittar bangles — remarks, “Shine bright like the diamond that you are.”
Stacey, meanwhile, had looked to 9-year-old daughter Arabella when putting together her ensemble, which includes a Helsi dress, Swarovski earrings, and Christian Louboutin heels.
“I feel like I wanted to be like a mermaid, like emerging from the water, inspired by my swimmer, Bella,” she describes.
Season 10 newcomer, Angel, also included a sweet nod to family in her look, accessorizing her Deme by Gabriella gown with Amina Muaddi shoes and a pair of Dior earrings that belonged to her mother.
“Now they’re mine,” she says. “Thank you, Mommy.”
Referencing her Aria dress and earrings and Jimmy Choo shoes, Keiarna says, “I was just feeling fun, light, flirty.”
Check out more of what the ladies have to say in the RHOP After Show sneak peek above, including which castmates have the best, worst, and most improved style.